Ben Carroll
- Exclusive
- Schools
Pay gap for classroom assistants emerges as flashpoint in Victorian teacher dispute
Education support workers have been offered a lower pay rise than their teaching colleagues.
- Noel Towell
Latest
- Editorial
- Jacinta Allan
In challenging times, Victoria needs more from a leader under pressure
There’s a litany of reasons behind Jacinta Allan’s poor polling and restless frontbench. The state needs her government to find a way through.
- The Age's View
State school teachers threaten to strike as pay talks stall
The teachers’ union says members will stay home from 1600 government schools next month without concessions from the state government on pay.
- Noel Towell and Jackson Graham
Stars come out for the men’s final at Rod Laver Arena
The stands were full of billionaires, corporate heavyweights, sporting legends and television stars who were there to see and be seen – as well as to watch the tennis.
- Cara Waters
The single word from voters that convinced Victorian Labor to put more kids in jail
Research by the party was finding that too many voters simply believed there weren’t any consequences for young people who committed violent crimes.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
- Exclusive
- School funding
Teachers promised ‘proper’ pay rise after schools funding falls short
Pressure is mounting on the Victorian government to secure a schools funding agreement with Canberra and deliver a significant pay boost to teachers.
- Chip Le Grand
Daniel Andrews defends China visit as deputy premier rebukes him for photo with dictators
The former Victorian premier has defended his decision to attend a Chinese military parade and stand near Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin, saying the event was a chance to meet with regional leaders.
- Kieran Rooney and Paul Sakkal
- Exclusive
- Education
Off-the-books school suspensions fuelling Melbourne’s youth crime crisis
Informal suspensions and expulsions are fuelling school disengagement in Melbourne and experts see a clear link to the youth crime crisis.
- Nicole Precel
- Exclusive
- Private schools
‘This tax will break them’: The private schools about to be slugged with huge bills
Mid-market and specialist independent schools are getting caught by the state government’s controversial schools payroll tax.
- Noel Towell
- Exclusive
- Schools
Builders’ collapse leaves school upgrades in limbo, tradies unpaid
More than $57 million in crucial school building work has been halted, and hundreds of tradies are out of pocket.
- Noel Towell